# fbrnch (fedora branch) packager tool [![GPL-2+ license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--2+-blue.svg)](LICENSE) [![GitHub CI](https://github.com/juhp/fbrnch/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/juhp/fbrnch/actions) [![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/fbrnch.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/fbrnch) A tool to help Fedora Packagers build package branches. Fedora developers use a lot of time building packages across releases and workflow for adding new packages, etc. fbrnch was made to help (semi-)automate common workflows to save time and effort, and avoid some common mistakes. fbrnch is distributed under the GPL license version 2 or later. ## Description `fbrnch` is a Fedora Packager client which tries to automate some common tasks like: - merging and building a package across release branches - automated parallel builds of sets of packages in dependency order - easy scratch and mock builds - progressive copr builds - creating, updating and listing package reviews - requesting new repos and branches - importing new packages and updating packages - rename master branches to rawhide and more. ## Usage ### Cloning and switching branch Clone one or more packages: ``` $ fbrnch clone package ... ``` There are also options to clone all one's packages or another user's packages. One can change the branch of one or more packages: ``` $ fbrnch switch f41 [package] ... ``` You can also git pull over packages: ``` $ fbrnch pull [package] ... ``` ### List packages and branches You can list packages in dist-git pagure with ``` $ fbrnch list PATTERN ``` with globbing. Branches of a package can be listed: ``` $ fbrnch branches -B [package] ... ``` You can use the `--remote` option if you don't have the package checked out. ### Package status ``` $ fbrnch status -B [package] ``` outputs information about the status of each branch. The status command can also be used with `--reviews` to check the build status of new packages. You can output package's nvr's from local git: ``` $ fbrnch nvr -B [package] ``` and list package bugs: ``` $ fbrnch bugs [package] ``` ### Commit, Merging and Building in Koji The update-sources and update-version commands can help with updating a package after editing the spec file to a newer version: ``` $ fbrnch update-sources ``` which will download the new tarball and upload it, etc. The `bump` command can be used to increase the release field for packages. You can commit to the current branch: ``` $ fbrnch commit ``` It uses any rpm changelog for the commit message, or you can pass `-m "..."` or amend with `-a`. You can merge branches with: ``` $ fbrnch merge f40 package ``` which will offer to merge f41 (or up to a git hash you choose) into f40. Merging can also be done together with building: ``` $ fbrnch build f41 package ``` will ask if you want to merge newer commits from a newer branch, then push and build it. If the branch is also already pushed and NVR built it will be skipped. If the NVR is currently building it will be picked up by `fbrnch build`. Completed branch builds can be pushed to Bodhi. You can also build all active branches: ``` $ fbrnch build -B package ``` or only all fedora branches: ``` $ fbrnch build -F package ``` or only all epel branches: ``` $ fbrnch build -E package ``` Scratch builds can also be done: ``` $ fbrnch scratch rawhide ``` optionally a different koji `--target` can be given. There are arch short-cut aliases: `scratch-x86_64` and `scratch-aarch64`. You can sort packages by build dependency order: ``` $ fbrnch sort rawhide package1 package2 package3 package4 ... ``` ### Local commands ``` $ fbrnch prep rawhide package ``` Build locally: ``` $ fbrnch local ``` this works in the current package dir like other commands, installing any missing dependencies with `sudo dnf builddep`. (It also works for a non-git package dir.) Or one can specify the path to the package. Locally build and install: ``` $ fbrnch install package1 package2/ package3 ... ``` You can use: ``` $ fbrnch install-deps [package] ``` to only install the dependencies of a package. Use ``` $ fbrnch rename-rawhide [package] ``` to rename an old local master branch to rawhide. ### Parallel building fbrnch can sort packages automatically and build them in parallel in Koji in dependency layers (using low-priority background builds to avoid grabbing too many Koji resources). ``` $ fbrnch parallel --sidetag rawhide pkg-x pkg-y pkg-z pkg-xy pkg-xy-z ``` builds a list of packages in a sidetag (generating it if no sidetags exist) in parallel ordered by build dependencies. For a long list of packages, it is generally better to `fbrnch sort` them first and then use the generated chain-build style output as arguments to `fbrnch parallel`. When building for a branch, merging from the next newer branch will be offered unless using `--no-merge` (then you may prefer to run `fbrnch merge ...` first instead). Except for rawhide using a --sidetag or --target is required. If you have more than one active sidetag for a branch, you can select one using `--target`. They can be listed with `fbrnch sidetags`. After parallel building completes, you can create a Bodhi update from the sidetag. It is also possible to build a package in parallel across branches and push them to Bodhi. ### Creating new packages/branches #### Creating a new package ``` $ fbrnch create-review [my-new-package] ``` This will create an srpm (or update it if the spec file is newer), run rpmlint, optionally perform a scratch build, then upload the spec and srpm to fedorapeople, and open a Review Request in Bugzilla (similar to fedora-create-review). #### Update a package review ``` $ fbrnch update-review [my-new-package] ``` Similar to create-review: it uploads the updated files to fedorapeople and posts the updated package urls to the open package review with an optional scratch build. #### List open package reviews To list one's open package reviews: ``` $ fbrnch reviews ``` They can be filtered by status with various options like `--approved` or `--created` (or another bugzilla `--submitter`), etc. One can also search for the review(s) of a specific package with: ``` $ fbrnch find-review package-name ``` Package reviews can be performed with `fbrnch review-package`. It also has a lightweight `--interactive` mode for streamlined reviews. #### Request repos Once a review has been approved ``` $ fbrnch request-repos ``` will request repo(s) for approved package(s) and offer to request branches. #### Import a new package After the repo has been created ``` $ fbrnch import ``` will clone the repo(s) and offer to import the srpm directly from the latest url in the approved package review(s), which can then be built directly into Koji Rawhide and the package review(s) updated. #### Request branches If you prefer you can request branches after the repo is created (or package is imported) with ``` $ fbrnch request-branches ``` which will be prompt for which branches you want, unless already given. Optionally a mock build per branch can be done first. ### Other commands There are a lot more commands, like eg `copr` and `graph`: ## Help `$ fbrnch --version` ``` 1.5 ``` `$ fbrnch --help` ``` Fedora branch building tool Usage: fbrnch [--version] COMMAND A tool to help with updating and building package branches https://github.com/juhp/fbrnch#readme Available options: -h,--help Show this help text --version Show version Available commands: clone Clone packages switch Switch branch nvr Print name-version-release status Status package/branch status merge Merge from newer branch unpushed Show unpushed commits build Build package(s) in Koji list List packages in pagure list-local List packages in branch branches List package branches parallel Parallel build packages in Koji sidetags List user's side-tags override Tag builds into buildroot override in Koji waitrepo Wait for build to appear in Koji buildroot scratch Scratch build package in Koji scratch-aarch64 Koji aarch64 scratch build of package scratch-x86_64 Koji x86_64 scratch build of package update-sources Download and update newer sources update-version Update package in dist-git to newer version sort Sort packages in build dependency order (default format: chain-build) prep Prep sources local Build locally srpm Build srpm srpm-spec Show the spec file in an srpm diff Diff local changes compare Show commits between branches src-deps List source package dependencies mock Local mock build builddeps Install package build dependencies install Build locally and install package(s) not-installed Packages not installed locally bugs List package bugs bump Bump release for package commit Git commit packages pull Git pull packages fetch Git fetch packages push Git push packages owner List package owner(s) bzusers Search bugzilla users create-review Create a Package Review request update-review Update a Package Review review-package Run fedora-review on a package Review Request bug reviews List package reviews request-repos Request dist git repo for new approved packages import Import new approved created packages from bugzilla review request-branches Request branches for approved created packages find-review Find package review bug command Run shell command in package dirs ($p) copr Build package(s) in Fedora Copr rename-rawhide Rename local 'master' branch to 'rawhide' count Count number of living packages graph Output dependency graph ftbfs Check FTBFS status autospec Convert package to use rpmautospec move-artifacts Move old rpm artifacts into rpmbuild dirs ``` Use `fbrnch --help` to get specific help about each of the above commands and their options. ## Installation fbrnch is packaged in Fedora: `sudo dnf install fbrnch`. ## Build from source 1. Install openssl-devel 2. Clone the git repo. 3. Then either: a) using stack: `stack install` or b) with cabal-install and cabal-rpm: ``` $ cabal-rpm builddep $ cabal new-install --installdir=~/bin ``` ## Required runtime tools fbrnch currently uses these fedora cli tools: - fedpkg - bodhi - koji - copr-cli for pushing packages. It also makes use of: - curl - rpmbuild & rpmspec - klist and fkinit - git - ssh & scp (for uploading package reviews) - bugzilla API key ## rpmbuild configuration You may want to set `~/.rpmmacros` to use particular directories, since unlike fedpkg, fbrnch follows the local rpmbuild directory macros: rpmbuild defaults to directories under `~/rpmbuild/` but this can be overridden by the user in `~/.rpmmacros` as follows. Two common alternative configurations in `~/.rpmmacros` might be either: 1) use the package directory for everything (like fedpkg does): ``` %__pwd %(echo $PWD) %_builddir %__pwd %_rpmdir %__pwd %_sourcedir %__pwd %_specdir %__pwd %_srcrpmdir %__pwd ``` These are easy to find, but do create a lot of clutter. 2) Lately I just set _topdir to pwd ``` %__pwd %(echo $PWD) %_topdir %__pwd %_sourcedir %__pwd %_specdir %__pwd ``` With this rpmbuild creates a bunch of dirs in each package dir (like the ones in ~/rpmbuild/), which can hide srpms and build trees, etc. ## Bugzilla API key fbrnch can share the API of the python-bugzilla CLI tool, placed either in `~/.config/python-bugzilla/bugzillarc` or `~/.bugzillarc`: ``` [bugzilla.redhat.com] api_key = PASTE_YOUR_APIKEY_HERE ``` You can create your key at . ## Known issues - currently it only checks if already built by NVR not githash - parallel and sort, etc do not take pkgconfig() and other meta() deps into account yet (this should be fixed soon in rpmbuild-order) ## To do - authentication is not implemented yet natively for Koji, Bodhi, Pagure (and source upload) - so python clients are used for "writing" (specifically koji, bodhi-client, fedpkg), but all queries are done directly by Web APIs for speed and control. ## Motivation, history, talks This project started off as a simple tool to build a package across branches (ie for current releases). Then bugzilla and Bodhi integration was added, and gradually more features, including some generic commands across packages inspired by the older fedora-haskell-tools project. I have given a couple of short talks about fbrnch: - Nest with Fedora 2020: [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40kTBsA674U) and [slides](https://github.com/juhp/presentations/blob/master/fedora-nest-2020-fbrnch/fbrnch-nest.md) - Lightning talk for devconf.cz 2021: [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2-6rDuPMRA&t=2s) ## Contribute Bug reports, feedback, and pull requests are all much appreciated. Do report any unsupported or inconsistent workflow steps. See the TODO list and also the FIXME comments scattered across the source. Authors of the code: